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Well, the rumors for the next generation Nexus 5 keep getting worse. Luckily, we aren't putting too much stock in this one. According to some intel over at kitguru.net, the 2015 version of the LG-Made Nexus 5 will not come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 808. Their sources claim it will have a Snapdragon 620.

To be clear though, our previous rumors include leaked benchmark numbers for an LG device that is using a Snapdragon 808. It is highly likely this device is the Nexus 5 2015. That's why we are highly skeptical of this latest intel. Still, if the rumor is true, it would not be too terrible. Even though the CPU itself is downgraded with a slower clock rate, it still supports the next-gen Adreno GPU, and is a 64-bit architecture.

As a bonus, this rumor also indicated the the new Nexus 5 will include USB Type-C, so we are hoping that part of the rumor is at least true. Here is the full Nexus 5 2015 spec-list from this rumor:

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Would bode well for price, but I'm not buying this rumor. Sure, they don't always use the top of the line, newest components in a Nexus device, but I feel like this one's a stretch even knowing that. The rest of the specs look nice though.

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Would bode well for price, but I'm not buying this rumor. Sure, they don't always use the top of the line, newest components in a Nexus device, but I feel like this one's a stretch even knowing that. The rest of the specs look nice though.

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Yeah... especially considering the previous gen Nexus 5 has the Snapdragon 800 in it. That much of a downgrade seems unlikely...

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Trying to keep up with the Nexus models/numbers is making my head hurt... Didn't they already do a 5 and a 6 and now are back to 5 again... I understand the 7 and 9 were tablets but shouldn't at least 1 of all the brilliant minds at Google have seen the flaw in what they were doing???